Here today, and, they have been with us through thick and thin. And we really appreciate their their patience and their support and their confidence of us being able to move on. So as you know, no project gets off the ground without the support of many. And we have many, many people to thank here today. But before we get to that, we want to make sure that we continue to stay in the good thoughts of the many ancestors who made this building possible for us to preserve and use and enjoy for many generations, to help us with our appreciation. We are grateful to the members of the Japanese American Religious Federation or by its acronym jaaf, who are here today to share a blessing, prayer and chant to thank those before us, those here today, and those who will come tomorrow. So id like to introduce all of them and they will all come up individually. Starting with reverend rodney yano of konko church of San Francisco, reverend elaine donlon of Buddhist Church of San Francisco, and reverend
Other way. We okay . Can you tilt it down a little bit, control room, please . So that we can see the interpreters hands . Okay. Okay, i think we are ready to start. Thank you for your patience everyone. Go ahead cochair madrid. Good afternoon and welcome to the Mayors Disability Council friday march 15, 2024. This is an inperson and virtual hybrid meeting. [indiscernible] okay, go ahead. Thank you. Thank you control room. This meeting is broadcast to the public on sfgotv and open captioned and sign language interpreted. If you need any accommodations or have difficulty attending these meetings, please send an email to mod sfgov. Org or call, 4155546789. The Mayors Disability Council holds 10 Public Meetings generally hold on the third friday of the month. For information about past or upcoming meetings, please visit mod website at www. Mod. Sfgov. Org mod. Our next regular meeting will be on february 19, 2024 from 1 to 4 p. M. And will be also hybrid meeting and broadcast on sfgovtv.
Commissioner engardio present. Chair mandelman present. Commissioner melgar a absent. Commissioner peskin present. Commissioner preston. I said Commission Commissioner peskin first. Commissioner peskin present. Thank you. And commissioner ronen absent. Commissioner safai absent. Commissioner stefani absent. Commissioner walton is present we have quorum. Thank you madam clerk. And thanks for those able to show up and madam clerk i believe Public Comment on an item, when the item is called, dial 3 to be added to the queue to speak. Do not press 3 again or you will be removed from the queue. Watch sf cable channel 26 or 99 depending on your provider watch www. Sfgovtv. Org. Phone number 1 415 6550001 access code 2662 182 5815 to raise your hand, press 3 when Public Comment is called press star three to be added to the queue when the system says your system is unmuted youll speak. When your 2 minutes are up, we will move on to the next caller. Calls will be taken in the order in which they
Clerk at victor. Young sfgov. Org. If you submit via email it will be forwarded to the supervisor jz part of the file. You may send comments to u. S. Mail in city hall, 1 dr. Carlton b goodlett place, room 244, San Francisco california 94102. Please silence cell phones and electronic devices. Documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today are expected to appear on beard board of thank you, i like to make a motion to excuse supervisor ronan from today s meeting . On the motion to excuse supervisor ronan from todays meeting, on the motion, supervisor preston, aye. Supervisor safai, aye. Vice chair walton, aye. The motion passes without objection. Thank you. Please call item 1. Item 1, motion approving rejecting the president of the board of supervisors Aaron Peskins nomination of Gilbert Williams to the Planning Commission, term ending july 1, 2026. clerk of the board charter, section 4. 105, provides that this nomination is subject to approval by the b
Theres my grandma. Well come. Welcome to San Francisco James R Herman cruz terminal at pier 27. The first stop for all most 300 thousand people who come here every year from around the world to our beautiful city. I want to tell you about another jewel of the San Francisco port that just celebrated 125 years. The San Francisco Ferry Building. [applause] in the 19th century, commuters and visitors traveled by train or ferry or both. A Ferry Terminal on the waterfront downtown was a practical necessity. It was the sfo of its day. Grand central station. But as we so often do, San Francisco built a practical space a world class beauty, with a 245 foot clock tower along arched arcade, and a interior worthy of a renaissance cathedral. At the foot of Market Street, a beautiful bridge from water to land, the Ferry Building announced to every commuter, every traveller, this is San Francisco. You have arrived. Until that is, [applause] until that is, in the late 1930s when two new bridges the ba